You will never look at an urban alley the same way again.
Read moreChattanooga Film Festival
If Chattanooga doesn’t count as an artistic city, I don’t know what does.
Read moreChattanooga's New Arts Building
Chattanooga’s new Arts Building held their official ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on Nov. 5, celebrating the new headquarters of several local advocacy groups, including the ArtsBuild organization, Townsend Atelier, and the Chattanooga Film Festival.
Read moreHave a Moment with Monet
This morning I slipped into the passenger seat of my friend's car and coasted down the mountain.
Read moreCultural Clash at the Hunter
Combining traditional Japanese woodblock prints with American street art, Gajin Fujita leads viewers into a hybridity of Japanese and American visual culture.
Read moreTea with Local Milk
“Hey! Wanna meet at my house instead?...I’m not in the mood to be in public.”
When I got this email from Beth Kirby, about 20 minutes before we were scheduled to meet, I lost it. All day long I had looked forward to meeting Beth, the artist behind the brand Local Milk, at a coffee shop in town. Being invited to her home for a cup of tea felt too good to be true.
Read moreMilk Fruit Cress Gallery
As an artist, I have come to the realization that I do not always understand, enjoy, or agree with certain art pieces, and that is okay. I want others to know they’re not the only ones who have experienced feeling “behind” for not “getting” a work of art.
Read moreWe Keep Having This Conversation Review
Buzzwords like “belonging” and “ideal” surround viewers as they enter UTC’s Cress Gallery, all in today’s best shades of gray, orange, tan, yellow and pink, using vinyl panels separated by metal zippers. Professional graphic designers Keetra Dean Dixon and JK Keller blur the line between design and fine art in their collaborative exhibit we keep having this conversation.
Read moreApothecary Review
Art is often “left open to interpretation”, especially in our day and age. Apothecary, the UTC student-led gallery in downtown Chattanooga, took the act of interpretation a step farther at the Gallery Hop sponsored by AVA on Saturday, September 6.
Read moreHunter Invitational III
The Hunter Invitational III opened this summer to a warm greeting from the Chattanooga community. Featuring eight artists from the Southeast region of the United States, this exhibition includes various themes and mediums in order to bond these artists together through locality. On a personal note, this exhibit is all the more dear to Covenant students, as our own Jeffery Morton has several paintings and drawings featured in the show along with other friends to our community like Phillip Andrew Lewis and Jered Sprecher. The show will be at the Hunter through October 19th.
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